20050320004139A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Norwood, CO · March 20, 2005

Date
March 20, 2005 · 12:19 local
Place
Norwood, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
XBFRU
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted on March 20, 2005 at approximately 1215 MST while being vectored to the telluride airport from the "comes" VHF omnidirectional radio the engine began to lose power. The aircraft was unable to hole altitude so the pilot declared an emergency and made a forced landing in a field near Norwood, CO. The nose landing gear collapsed, the right main gear was separated and the outboard 4 feet of the left wing was bent upward approximately 10 degrees. There were no injuries to the pilot and there were no passengers.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON MARCH 20, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 MST WHILE BEING VECTORED TO THE TELLURIDE AIRPORT FROM THE "COMES" VHF OMNIDIRECTIONAL RADIO THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO HOLE ALTITUDE SO THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR NORWOOD, CO. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SEPARATED AND THE OUTBOARD 4 FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS.